Washing machine



E. L. ETHERIDGE WASHING MACHINE Maurch 4 15924,

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UNHT era L. ETHERIDGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YO.

WASHING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST L. ETHE- RIDGE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kin and State of New York, have invente a new and Improved Washing Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a washing machine, and aims to provide a deviceof this nature particularly adapted for home use, although it is not necessarily limited to this particular association.

It is an ob'ect of the present invention to provide a evice of the character stated which may be associated with a. conventional laundr tub, such as forms a part of the stan ard equipment of laundry rooms.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a washing machine embodying extremely simple construction capable of being placed upon the market at a nominal figure, and further providing a construction involving a minimum of mechanical difliculties and complications.

A still further object of my present invention is that of constructin a washing 39 machine including a plurality 0 parts which y when not in use may be completely stored within and housed by the conventional tub aforementioned so that no unsightly appearance will be presented.

With these and further objects in mind =the present invention has reference to a washing machine including a body adapted to extend into a tub, together with means serving to support this body and permitting of an operation thereof.

Reference is had to the attached sheets of drawings, as illustrating one practical embodiment of my invention, and it will be seen that;

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a tub of conventional construction and showing my improved washing machine associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the tub, and showing the parts of the washing machine stored therein.

Fi re 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3 3 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 1, and

d5 Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along Application filed Kay 1Q, 1922. Serial No. 661.3%.

the line 44 and also in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 1.

It will be seen in these various views that the reference numeral 5 indicates a conventional tub with which a lid 6 is associated in the usual manner, by means of hinges, and positioned within this tub is my 1mproved type of washing machine supported therem in a manner hereinafter described.

Referring to the machine proper. it will be seen that the same preferably includes a pair of perforated end disks 7, which mount, adjacent their edge portions, a series of rods 8, thus forming a cage. A section 9 of each of' the disks 7 is movable with respect to the body, and attached thereto by any suitable means, such as a hinge, 10, it being noted that each of the sections 9 is normally retained in its proper position v by a suitable catch 11.-

In view of the fact that each of the sections 9 carries rods 8 forming a continuation 6 of the annular series of rods supported be tween the disks '7, it will be understood that upon the catches 11 being loosened the sections 9 together with the rods carried thereby may be swung outwardly, and this portion of the device will thus serve as a door whereby access may be had into the interior of the cage formed by the remaining rods 8 attached to the disks 7.

Now with a View of supporting the wash ing machine within the tub, it will be noted, as has been shown in Figure 1, that a bracket 12 is hooked over the edge of the tub, and

is secured in this position by any suitable means, such as a set screw 13. The upper end of this bracket terminates in a platform 14 suitable for the mounting of a motor 15, and the lower end of the bracket terminates in a sleeve 16 adapted to rotatably house a shaft 17, a detachment of this shaft from the sleeve being normally prevented by virtue of a screw 18 associated with the latter, and extending into a groove 19 provided in the former. It is obvious, in that connection, that by virtue of the screw, the shaft 17 may also be entirely detached from the sleeve 16 for a pur ose hereinafter brought out. The shaft '17 as secured thereto at the end of the sleeve 16 a gear 20, the teeth of which are capable of meshing with the teeth of a gear 21 attached to the shaft of the motor 15. The gear 20 may be secured to the shaft in any suitable manner, as by a set screw (not shown) extending through the hub of the gear and enga 'ng the shaft.

Thus when t e motor is operated it will be a parent that the gear 2t) is also rotated, and by virtue of the fact that the latter is afixed to the shaft 17, a corres on movement on the part oil this mem er wil result. It is also to be noted thatthe disk 7 arranged adjacent to the shaift l? is formed with a squared opening surrounded by the flange 22, and the end of the shait l7 terminates in a squared portion 23 corresponding to this opening. Thus incident to the fact that the shaft 17 is turned, and further due to the fact that" the part 23 thereof keys into the opening surrounded by'the flange 22, it will he understood thatthe rotation aforementioned, which is im arted to the shaft, will cause a turning o the body of the wash a machine, assuming that the second end 0 the same is also rotatably supported; This latter support may be efiected in any suitable manner such as by the provision of an adjustable bracket 24, bridging the edge of the tub 5, at a point diametrically oppositefromthe oint at which the bracket 12 is positioned, t is bracket 24 presentin. a hearing 25 into which a shaft 26 carrie hy the second dish 7 is adapted to extend.

Thus in operation the parts of the machine are disposed in the manner shown in Figures 1, 8 and d in which the entire device is suppo by the tub, and in which the machine is driven h the mechanism illus trated. lit will he 0 vious that in this instance, the body of the machine may he ed 1 with clothes to be washed, through the door provided by the sections 9 en sequent to which these sections are moved to their seated position, i, e. the osition shown in Figures 1, 3 and d, and a r which the machine is rotamd within the body of the tub, which latter is preferably filled with a mixture of soap and water. This operation of the parts o obviously result in the clothes being cleansed, and the same may be removed when this result has been achieved However upon it being desired to store the machine this y be accomplished by simply inseam disengaging the brackets 12 and 24: from the tub 5, and at the same time detaching the hinged "fasteners 10, and the securing members 11 so that the sections 9, together with the parts associated therewith may be removed from the body of the tub. 'lhese latter parts may he disposed within the said body, and the same is also true of the brackets, shafts, etc. it being noted, however, that all of the parts of the machine when disposed in this maer, occupy a space which will permit of the lid associated with the tub being closed. This resultis to be predicated to the fact that the sections 9 are removable, and thus upon the same being detached from the body of the machine, the space between opposite ed es of the disks is materially decreased, an I am thereby enabled to associate a washing machine having a relatively large body, with the tub.

llhus all of theobjects of this invention have been accomplished, and it will further he understood that nerou's modifications of structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing from the scope oimy claim; which is;

In a washing machine, brackets adapted for attachment to opposite sides'of a tub and he: a 5 portions depending into said tub, the depening portion of one of said brackets havin, a laterally exteng hearing sleeve, a she having one end mounted in said sleeve and its other end project beyond the same, the ortion of the she within said bearing aving' an annular groove means extend through said has an :1; ageable in said groove to revent ZILEE' tuinal movement of the she. within said sleeve, said means being removable to permit of detachi'the shaft from" said bearing, a rotatable body supported by the depending ortions of said brackets and having one of its end members connected to the portion of said shaft projectingheyond said hearing, a gear secured to said shaft and interposed hetween said end'member'and the adacent end of said hearing, and means supported by one of said brackets for rotating said gear. p

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